GENRES & STORIES
This genre features magical elements, talking animals, or imaginary worlds that cannot exist in real life.
What is Fantasy?
This term describes the time and place where a story happens.
What is Setting?
This is a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
What is a Simile?
This is what the story or paragraph is mostly about.
What is the Main Idea?
These are words that have the exact same or very similar meanings, like "large" and "huge."
What are Synonyms?
This short type of story uses talking animals to teach the reader a clear lesson called a moral.
What is a Fable?
This is the main problem or struggle that the characters face in a story.
What is Conflict?
This type of figurative language gives human characteristics, feelings, or actions to non-human things.
What is Personification?
This strategy involves using clues from the text and your own background knowledge to figure out something the author didn't say directly.
What is Making An Inference?
This is a word part added to the beginning of a base word that changes its meaning, like "un-" in "unhappy."
What is a Prefix?
This genre tells a story that takes place in the past and combines real historical facts with made-up characters.
What is Historical Fiction?
This is the underlying message, big idea, or life lesson that the author wants the reader to learn from the book.
What is the Theme?
This is an extreme exaggeration used to make a point, like saying "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!"
What is a Hyperbole?
This is a short statement that tells the main points of a story in your own words, leaving out the small details.
What is a Summary?
This perspective is used when the narrator is a character inside the story and uses pronouns like "I," "me," and "we."
What is First-Person Point Of View? (or First-Person POV)
This is a traditional story passed down through generations that explains how something in nature came to be, often featuring gods or heroes.
What is a Myth (or Mythology)
This literary term describes the sequence of main events that make up the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
What is the Plot?
This is a comparison between two things by stating that one thing is another thing, without using "like" or "as."
What is a Metaphor?
This term describes a person, object, or color in a story that stands for a bigger idea beyond its literal meaning.
What is a Symbol?
These are words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings, like "their," "there," and "they're."
What are Homophones?
This specific genre tells the true story of a real person's life, written by that exact same person.
What is an Autobiography?
This is the high point of interest, suspense, or turning point in a story's plot.
What is the Climax?
This term describes words that mimic sounds, such as "buzz," "hiss," or "boom."
What is Onomatopoeia?
This is the author's specific attitude or feeling toward the subject they are writing about.
What is Tone?
This type of context clue provides a direct opposite meaning to help you figure out an unfamiliar word in a sentence.
What is an Antonym Clue?